Eating Disorders Centre Cork - Shandon Therapy
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Mission Statement
Our Primary Mission is to provide compassionate, professional, evidence based psychotherapy and support for people and their carers living with an eating disorder. Our Secondary Mission To raise awareness of eating disorders, and work toward prevention and early intervention of the condition.
About This Cause
The Eating Disorders Centre Cork (EDCC) provides professional and specialized counselling and psychotherapy services to people with eating disorders. EDCC started in 2007 when a number of concerned parents of young people with eating disorders formed a support group for families and carers in the Cork area. This happened in direct response to the acute lack of support, or of any dedicated treatment centre for eating disorders outside of the Dublin area. Their vision was to see a treatment centre established in Cork. The goal was also to ensure that any service would extend to all people regardless of their socio-economic status. The group went on to secure a small HSE funding and also charitable status for the project. Subsequently, Eating Disorder Centre Cork (EDCC) opened its doors as a therapeutic centre on 21st January 2008 (as Shandon Therapy Centre). The centre started out of two rooms in a community centre in the Shandon area of Cork. In 2012 the centre was re-launched as Eating Disorder Centre Cork, as it was agreed that this name more visibly reflects the nature of the work we are involved in and committed to. EDCC provides compassionate, professional, evidence-based psychotherapy and support to people enabling them to make a full recovery from their eating disorder and life-threatening illness. This work is extended to carers and families. EDCC also aims to raise awareness of eating disorders, and work toward prevention and early intervention of the condition. Eating disorders are not a choice but a complex mental health condition. Eating disorders affect a person on a psychological, emotional, and physical level. It is universally understood that recovery from an eating disorder can be a lengthy process, and the financial burden can be immense. We believe a lack of money should never stop someone from coming to counselling. Therefore, EDCC operates a sliding scale to make the service available to all regardless of socio-economic status. The full cost of each session is €70. However, we also offer reduced rates of €50 and €35 to those on social welfare or very low incomes. We understand full recovery to mean the regaining of a peaceful relationship with food, but also a healing process, that allows the person to develop their full mental, emotional, psychological, and spiritual potential. We believe that when this is achieved this will eliminate disadvantage, poverty, social exclusion, social isolation and/or marginalisation. We aim to continue assisting people so that they can go onto lead a full recovered life and to avoid institutionalized or hospital care. We believe all people should have access to a comprehensive service and we recognise their right to receive a service based on ethical, safe, and evidenced based practice. This ethos is extended to both clients, families and carers alike. In regard to clients, families and carers, EDCC runs Client Support Groups and Carer’s Support Groups. Carer Support Groups are important as parents, partners, siblings, friends, extended family and others, may also be affected when their loved one has an eating disorder. We believe that whether you are someone with eating disorder or a person who loves someone with an eating disorder, joining a support group can be hugely beneficial in many ways such as a means of understanding, supporting and recovery. Self-hate, feeling isolated, confusion or loneliness can be a vicious cycle when dealing with and supporting someone with eating disorders. EDCC professionals aim to facilitate these support groups to encourage friendships, the sharing of personal experiences as well as offering emotional comfort and moral support. These groups will also offer practical advice and tips to help cope with individual situations.